Spain had most of the ball, yet Switzerland were well worth their goal in the end. The Swiss played two proper forwards, they put men forward when they had the ball. Is it their fault they happened to play very well defensively and Spain are an over-rated bunch of prima donna cheats? Nope.

Over-rated?

Their record going into the tournament was P48 W45 D2 L1 ffs, the core of their side plays for the best club side in the world.

Their record going into the tournament was P48 W45 D2 L1 ffs, the core of their side plays for the best club side in the world.

And they lost to USA in the Confederations Cup and just lost to Switzerland. Anyone who has them down as even second favourites is living in cloud cuckoo land - a lot of people had them even better than that.

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In all fairness it was a triumph of tactics over talent. If the Swiss had tried to take on Spain at their own game they'd have come badly second.

It wasn't a bad game to watch either; admittedly if/when Switzerland play similarly limited teams it might not be such a spectacle, but I don't believe "lesser" teams' sole purpose is to lie down to have their bellies tickle and be patronised by the winning coach for trying to play the game in the right way.

Cameroon beat Argentina in 1990 with a masterful display of defence and barely restrained violence and that was the greatest result for football ever.

And they lost to USA in the Confederations Cup and just lost to Switzerland. Anyone who has them down as even second favourites is living in cloud cuckoo land - a lot of people had them even better than that.

So what team with a greater than 90% win rate over nearly 50 games would you have had as 2nd favourites then?